Australian Government and Legal System Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• act: what is a bill that has been approved by both chambers of parliament and is now officially a law?
• bill: what is a proposed law that parliament has not yet approved?
• backbencher: who is a parliament member that is not a minister or a shadow minister?
• budget: what is the government’s plan for spending and receiving money in the following year.
• commonwealth: what is something all the states, territories and all the people living in them form?
• government: what is the political party which is elected to make laws and lead the parliament until the next election?
• senate: what is the upper house of federal parliament?
• legislative council: what is the upper house of state parliament in victoria, new south wales, tasmania, south australia, and western australia?
• prime minister: who is the leader of the elected federal government?
• shadow minister: who is someone that is member opposition who acts as spokesperson for their party in a particular area?